How Minds and Mental Health are Influenced by Past Generations

Ask anybody, regardless of race or ethnicity, whether what happened in their family a long time ago, is still affecting them in some way today. Everyone can point to interactions from the past that continue to influence the present. You will find that many cousins do not know each other because one or both of their parents had a “falling out” a long time ago. You will find scandalous examples of relatives who were envious or lied about particular people, some resented for reasons rooted in half-truths rather than facts. And the patterns of chaos and conflict get repeated because many people…